Gukesh D is one of the strongest up-and-coming chess players (he qualified for the world championship match at 17, after all!) and today he unleashes a NUCLEAR rook sacrifice against Magnus Carlsen!
The game starts out a bit weird as Magnus Carlsen deploys the modern defense with 1…g6, but Gukesh is ready and he heads straight for the powerful 150 attack with Nc3, Be3, Qd2, and long castles!
From there Magnus Carlsen makes the BIG mistake of taking Gukesh’s knight on h3, which allows Gukesh to open up the g-file with the dangerous move gxh3! And from there, well… Gukesh line up his rook on the open g-file and finds the PERFECT opportunity to sacrifice his rook!
But was Magnus Carlsen secretly hoping Gukesh would do this? And who actually came out on top after the nuclear rook sac by Gukesh? Make sure to watch till the end to find out!
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